Leveraging IT to deliver primary care -- the case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (age-old problem, new paradigm).

Nkossi Dambita; Larry Streshley; Olayinka Ajayi; Harold Lehmann

Leveraging IT to deliver primary care -- the case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (age-old problem, new paradigm).

Nkossi Dambita, Larry Streshley, Olayinka Ajayi, Harold Lehmann

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Abstract

There is a growing acknowledgement of the role of information technology (IT) tools in improving health-care delivery. The gains in efficiency resulting from implementing even limited IT are expected to be more significant in resources-constrained health-care settings. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), emerging from a devastating civil war, has incorporated IT into the rebuilding of its primary care delivery system. Its basic strategy is to leverage COTS when affordable, FLOSS when practical.

Original language	English (US)
Number of pages	1
Journal	AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
State	Published - 2008

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